Oxford Film Festival Blog

The Oxford Film Festival is excited to announce working with the Mississippi Film Office, MFVA and OxFilm to host the third Mississippi Table Read on Wednesday, February 20 at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center.
The free program begins at 5:30 p.m. with a reception followed by TableRead Mississippi at 6 p.m.

The featured script will be Beulah, written for the screen by Gail Gilchriest (My Dog Skip) based on the novel Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol Inside the Baptist Church written by the late Clayton Sullivan, professor of religion at the University of Southern Mississippi.

A table read is a gathering of actors around a table to read a script aloud to give filmmakers, producers, and writers an idea of how the final production will sound. It is a valuable tool in the creative process, because it can ensure that a scene actually plays well using real actors and conveys the intended message to the audience.

The film will be produced in Mississippi by New Albany native Hudson Hickman, who is the former VP of TV production at MGM. Hickman has a long career serving as producer of popular television shows including; The Love Boat, MacGyver, and Stargate. The film will be directed by Steve Herek whose work includes “Critters,” “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” “101 Dalmatians,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus” and more. Both will be in attendance to hear local actors read the script.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the 10th anniversary Oxford Film Festival. Our window for volunteering has now closed and, thankfully, our slots have been filled.
We will start recruiting volunteers for the next festival in November/December 2013.

The Oxford Film Festival is pleased to work with Oxford Acting Studio and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council to present a FREE WORKSHOP for children on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The workshop is free, but registration is required.
[Registration for the workshop has now closed.] Each group is limited to 15 students. A wait list will be kept for those interested after the class is full. Please notify us if your child will be unable to attend. Registration will be confirmed.

Group #1 (9 to 11 year olds) -- Drop off begins at 845 a.m. and pick up ends by 10:45 a.m.

Group #2 (12 to 17 year olds) -- Drop off begins at 10:30 a.m. and pick up ends at 12:15 p.m.